The Ravenmaster: My Life with the Ravens at the Tower of London

Christopher Skaife—the dutiful, affable, and unfailingly charming Yeoman Warder of Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress the Tower of London—has served the queen as Ravenmaster since 2011. In this delightful memoir, Skaife offers a behind-the-scenes account of his life looking after the ravens who live (as he does) in the iconic British monument. With bits of history and folklore, and loads of stories about (and affection for) the intelligent and captivating birds he tends, The Ravenmaster is sure to enchant bird lovers and Anglophiles alike. (CH)